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Letter from the CEO
For most alcoholics and addicts the core issues center around three main areas...
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Codependency
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Epidemiology: Alcoholism and Heart Problems
Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol can lead to alcoholic cardiomyopathy, heart failure and high blood pressure.
Primary Care (Drug Rehab-Phase I)

Primary Care (Drug Rehab-Phase 1) begins directly after drug detox. The reason that Primary Care is critical at this juncture is simply that a person with a drug addiction can rarely if ever detox from drugs and never use again. They must gain insight as to why they use; why they feel they need to use? The addict's problem is not just a using problem rather it is a thinking problem.

Alcohol Rehab Assignment
1. I get the urge to drink
when____________________________________
2. Drinking alcohol makes me
feel____________________________________
3. Drinking makes me not
feel____________________________________
4. The good thing about
drinking____________________________________
5. The bad thing about drinking
is____________________________________
6. The ways I protect my drinking
are____________________________________
7. The ways my family protects my drinking
are____________________________________
8. The ways I minimize my drinking
are____________________________________
9. The ways my value system is hurt due to my using
are____________________________________
10. When drinking,
I____________________________________
11. The ways I’ve tried to control my drinking
are____________________________________
12. To get alcohol, I
have____________________________________
13. Some of the effects alcohol has had on my relationships
are____________________________________
14. Drinking caused me to have crazy thinking,
like____________________________________
15. Due to drinking, I’ve
lost____________________________________
16. When I got drunk the first time, I
felt____________________________________
17. The last time I got drunk, I
felt____________________________________
18. My life under the influence of alcohol
was____________________________________
19. Sobriety
sounds____________________________________